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Into the Mouth of the Wolf

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Into the Mouth of the Wolf was one of those books I stumbled across while browsing. It sounded interested so I purchased it. On the whole I enjoyed much of the book as more and more was revealed about the lycanthropes. Dagon took some basic werewolf lore and expanded on it in unique ways.

The one thing about the book I didn't care for is Dagon's ability to reproduce very authentic-sounding dialogue right down the the "er"s and "um"s. There are scenes that seem in danger of going on and on and on. It seems the book could have stood some editing to tighten up some of the scenes. Meanwhile, other scenes (the werewolf attack in the first chapter, for instance) crackle with tension ... probably because there's little dialogue to slow the story down.

I just finished this book and I really enjoyed it. The main character is unsypathetic, and self-absorbed, but somehow he makes it work for him. The author writes well enough to keep these characteristics consistent throughout the book, it ends without the character changing dramatically from the self-absorbed guy at the beginning but evolves him just enough so it comes to a satisfying conclusion.

The action scenes are FANTASTIC and really believable.

It's a Joshua Dagon far more dark, this time, and a writer equally witty butmore sharp and concise than in "The Fallen/Demon Tears" novels. The theme is most disquieting, what if a new mutated species should arise? The werewolf theme is certainly not new, but it serves the Author to introduce some relevant issues, bigotry, the role of the media in creating irrational panic, and the degree of primal, violent instincts inherent in human nature, and the moral problems involved. "We're not people anymore", says one "were" whilst in human form to another, and, indeed, bigotry is making a monster of the object of hatred. You feel horrified, intrigued and fascinated by Russell's predicament, and you can't help compare the rise of the mutant "Weres" to the rise of another emerging of a mutant species, the "Wraeththu" by Storm Constantine, still with a much more different outcome, Compare also with "Darker than you think" by Jack Williamson.
A book to read and ponder, but not alone at night!